/*
 * Copyright 2010, The PLDesktop Development Team
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 */
#ifndef PLSINGLETON_H
#define PLSINGLETON_H

namespace PLSDK {

/**
  * Template class to make a class as singleton.
  *
  * @ingroup tools_core
  */
template <class T>
class PLSingleton {
public:
   /**
     * The singleton instance getter.
     *
     * @return The instance of the class.
     */
   static T& instance() {
      static T inst;
      return inst;
   }
protected:
   /**
     * Constructor.
     */
   PLSingleton() {}
private:
   PLSingleton( const PLSingleton& );
   PLSingleton& operator=( const PLSingleton& );
};

}

#endif // PLSINGLETON_H
